Michael Ash wrote:

Well, don't forget that only a very tiny percentage of any regular army
will be composed of people fanatical enough to become suicide bombers.
Your four-million strong Elbonian People's Happy Army will turn into a
handful of suicide bombers and a whole bunch of deserters if you tried
that strategy. Not to say it may not be the best use of that army, but I
don't think it would be that effective.

Of course. I 've no idea of your background, but AFAIK suicide terrorism is very
much a minority sport. November 17, IRA, INLA, Bader-Minhoff, and most of the
worlds' terrorist/ex-terrorist organisations much rather killed their 'enemies'
than themselves. A bombing campaign by a cell is a much better use of human
resources.

If the Elbonians weren't a bunch of brainwashed dictator-run conscripts, but a
professional nationalist army who were dedicated to supporting their government
against external aggressors, who saw the futility of getting mown down by US
airpower, who absconded with man-pack SAMs and explosives and decided to take the
fight to the capitalist pigs foam slaver rant

The question was how would a middling country take on a super power. There's no
reason to assume the 'middling country' is begging to be invaded, its army complete
pants, and that its citizens don't love their country as much as you love yours.


Simon Morden
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